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Bipartisan Senate Group Unveils Immigration Bill
Despite gridlock on so many other issues, Republicans and Democrats could make political history on immigration reform. We hear the details and continued controversy.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenAs President Obama prepares for tomorrow's memorial service in Boston, the FBI has denied reports of an arrest in Monday's bombing. But videotape from department-store cameras is said to show an individual leaving a package at the place where one of Monday's explosions occurred.
Meanwhile, despite gridlock on so many other issues, Republicans and Democrats could be ready to make political history on immigration reform. We hear the details and continued controversy about an 800-page proposal made public today in the Senate. Also, a letter sent to White House tests positive for Ricin, and the wife of a Texas Justice of the Peace has been arrested and charged in the murders of a District Attorney, his wife and an assistant DA.
Banner image: (L-R) US Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) attend a news conference on comprehensive immigration reform at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Photo by Gary Cameron/Reuters
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3 storiesLetter Sent to White House Tests Positive for Ricin
CNN and other news agencies report that two suspects have been identified in the Boston Marathon bombing. Authorities plan to brief the media later this afternoon. Meantime, in Washington, authorities are investigating a letter addressed to President Obama that tested positive for Ricin, a highly toxic substance.
Read the story8 minWill the Senate Make History with Immigration Reform?
Early this morning, the so-called "Gang of 8" Senators from both political parties released an 800-page proposal that could lead to comprehensive immigration reform. Authors include Democrat Charles Schumer, Republicans John McCain and Lindsay Graham and, perhaps most important of all, the tea-party favorite, Republican Marco Rubio.
Read the story35 minArrests in Texas DA Shootings
There have been two arrests in the murders of a District Attorney, his wife and an assistant DA in Texas. Kim Williams has allegedly confessed to authorities that she and her husband, former justice of the peace Eric Lyle Williams, killed the two prosecutors in Kaufman County earlier this year.
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